1985-01-02 • 1h 39m

A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.

Directors

Huang Jianxin

Writters

Zhang Xianliang

Editors

Zhang Xianliang, Dali Chen